BrickHouse Security, a supplier of GPS tracking and security solutions, announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Securus, Inc.’s GPS tracking business, including the eZoom and Zoombak customer base and related brands. “Securus...

Google has recently settled with Skyhook Wireless its 5 years old dispute over patents on Wi-Fi location and “interference with business relations,“ we learned. The financial terms of the settlement was not disclosed. This business and IP litigation...

Independent LBS and mapping platform vendor deCarta has been acquired by ride-hailing service Uber, the acquiring part confirmed. deCarta currently has 40 to 50 employees, its cloud-based technology includes map display, local search and...

Navman Wireless and Teletrac Inc., two large fleet and asset tracking companies, have merged to create one of the world's largest global telematics organizations. The joint company's technology currently tracks more than 500,000 vehicles owned by...

Mobile workforce solution vendor Fleetmatics has announced the acquisition of French Fleet management service provider Ornicar. According to a recent report published by industry analyst firm Berg Insight, France is the largest market for light...

Last week GPS Business News interviewed with Martijn den Drijver, Head of Equity Research at SNS Securities. Martijn den Drijver has been following the TomTom stock for several years and published several reports about the companyand he gave us his...

Garmin has announced today its financial earnings for 2014, revealing a revenue growth of 9 percent to $2,871 million and pro forma earnings per share of $3.1, reaching $3 for the first time since 2009. Fitness up 60% y-o-y The fitness category has...

TomTom today has announced its financial results for 2014 with a total revenue of €950 million, almost stable against the previous year (€963.5 million), and a net result of €22.7 million, up 13% against the previous year The good news for the Dutch...

French IoT network technology provider SigFox has announced today a large fund raising of €100 million to accelerate its deployment in Europe, Asia, North and South America. This round of funding includes a large range of investors: telecom...

Harman today announced the acquisition of two software company, Symphony Teleca and Red Bend Software, a strategic move a company that until today realized most of its revenue in hardware. Under the agreement, HARMAN will purchase Symphony Teleca...

Hi-Media SA, a group specializing in digital advertising and mobile payment, has announced the acquisition of 100% of the mobile marketing company AdMoove, the French leader geo-targeted mobile advertising. The transaction amounted to €2 million,...

The G29 Data Protection Working Party (G29 W. P.), an advisory group to the European Commission (including representatives of the national data protection agencies) issued a Statement earlier this week at the European Data Governance Forum held in...